Purchase a Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) Permit

Landowners wanting to control deer population on their land can apply for the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) by submitting an application to the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC). Qualifying landowners will have DMAP Units (Units) created for their land with a specific number of permits for that land determined by a wildlife biologist.

Participating landowners have the option to choose public (no coupon) or private (coupon) DMAP Unit permits once during PGC approval process. Whether a public or private Unit, all DMAP Unit permits must be purchased at issuing Agent locations or through Hunt Fish PA. “Private” DMAP Units require additional details from landowners to be printed on “coupons” for these privileges. For more details, refer to the PGC website.

Hunters must purchase, or have in their shopping cart, a general hunting license to apply for these permits. DMAP Units will allow two or four permits to each hunter, as determined by the wildlife biologist. Hunters can continue to purchase more permits from other Units until those limits are exhausted.

All Pennsylvania hunting laws and regulations must be followed by hunters using these permits.

Complete the following required steps and any optional steps, as necessary, to purchase a DMAP permit:

  1. On your customer homepage, select the Hunt/Trap tab.

    he DMAP permit you want to purchase under the Hunt/Trap filter heading.

  2. Navigate to and select the DMAP Permit you want to purchase.

  3. Perform one of the following actions depending on whether the permit is a ' no coupon' or 'coupon':

    1. If you select a 'no coupon' unit, enter a valid unit number and the number of permits desired.

      Note: The number of permits allowed varies from two to four per person, per unit. Refer to the PGC website to determine permit availability.

    1. If you select a 'coupon' unit, enter the unit information, coupon number, and control code found on the coupon, and number of permits desired

      Note: The number of permits allowed varies from two to four per person, per unit. Refer to the PGC website to determine permit availability.

  4. Click Add To Cart.

  5. On the Shopping Cart page, perform one or more of the following substeps:

    • Click Remove to remove the product from the shopping cart.

    • Click Remove all from cart to remove all products added to the cart.

    • Click Keep Shopping to return to the Product Catalog page.

    • Click Checkout to proceed.

  6. Select your payment method and complete the checkout process.